# The trashiest thing you have ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038 "2011-03-26T05:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/301 "2011-04-20T20:41:59Z")
Don’t give up hope! Maybe you’ll get a deadly brain tumor, and they’ll carve that memory out when they’re removing it! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/302 "2011-04-21T03:48:48Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > What was his facial expression? Was he smiling or did they just let his face fall into a normal frown? Were his eyes taped open or closed? I’m not sure about the eyes, but definitely not smiling. The mood was somber and not festive like at some wakes. ---
**Author:** ![inkling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkling)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/303 "2011-04-21T05:46:21Z")
Well, these ain’t a patch on some of the stories already told, but… An acquaintance of mine who not only knew which gas station in town sold the cheapest generic-brand cigarettes, but who had a precious name-brand box she would transfer them into, taking great care to make sure they looked like they were factory-packaged. Long ago, when I worked in a grocery store in a mildly scary neighborhood, I saw a mom come to the front of the store with her son (maybe four or so) in the kiddie seat of the cart. As they got to the checkstand, the kid saw the candy, and he clearly wanted it. He asked his mom if he could have it, and she said no. Internally, I applauded - this was a woman who was trying to teach her son healthy eating habits and raise him right. He insisted. She said no, pointing out that it was almost dinnertime. I was ready to shake her hand. The kid grabbed a candybar from the display and put it on the belt. She said no and put it back. Grab, return - two or three cycles while the kid got madder and madder. She put it back on the rack one last time, and I could see that the kid wasn’t going to reach for it again. I was ready to give the lady a hug and tell her she was being a great mother. The kid hauls off and clocks his mother with a closed fist. She then picks up the candy bar herself and puts it on the belt with her groceries. I nearly broke into tears. The kid, at four or whatever, has already learned that when women say no you just have to hit them and they will change their minds. The mother, although she would deny it if asked, believes this herself - **she** was the one who actually put the candy on the belt the last time. The kid learned it from somewhere, probably his father. That poor, poor woman. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/304 "2011-04-21T15:22:07Z")
> [@inkling](#): > > . . . > > The kid hauls off and clocks his mother with a closed fist. She then picks up the candy bar herself and puts it on the belt with her groceries. I nearly broke into tears. > > The kid, at four or whatever, has already learned that when women say no you just have to hit them and they will change their minds. The mother, although she would deny it if asked, believes this herself - **she** was the one who actually put the candy on the belt the last time. The kid learned it from somewhere, probably his father. That poor, poor woman. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/305 "2011-04-21T15:23:34Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > I’m not sure about the eyes, but definitely not smiling. The mood was somber and not festive like at some wakes. If the eyes had been open, you’d remember. ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/306 "2011-04-22T02:59:34Z")
> [@inkling](#): > > Long ago, when I worked in a grocery store in a mildly scary neighborhood, I saw a mom come to the front of the store with her son (maybe four or so) in the kiddie seat of the cart. As they got to the checkstand, the kid saw the candy, and he clearly wanted it. He asked his mom if he could have it, and she said no. Internally, I applauded - this was a woman who was trying to teach her son healthy eating habits and raise him right. He insisted. She said no, pointing out that it was almost dinnertime. I was ready to shake her hand. The kid grabbed a candybar from the display and put it on the belt. She said no and put it back. Grab, return - two or three cycles while the kid got madder and madder. She put it back on the rack one last time, and I could see that the kid wasn’t going to reach for it again. I was ready to give the lady a hug and tell her she was being a great mother. > > The kid hauls off and clocks his mother with a closed fist. She then picks up the candy bar herself and puts it on the belt with her groceries. I nearly broke into tears. > > The kid, at four or whatever, has already learned that when women say no you just have to hit them and they will change their minds. The mother, although she would deny it if asked, believes this herself - **she** was the one who actually put the candy on the belt the last time. The kid learned it from somewhere, probably his father. That poor, poor woman. It’s a pretty long bow to draw. The woman has a brat kid so her husband is a wife beater. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/307 "2011-04-22T03:06:32Z")
I don’t think that’s a stretch at all. How often have you seen a small child punching his mom in the face? That kind of behavior is learned, and watching dad punch mom would be my very first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/308 "2011-04-22T03:29:16Z")
How do you know it was from watching the father? It is no more than speculation. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/309 "2011-04-22T03:43:45Z")
I don’t know. But it’s an obvious guess, and more likely than any other single thing I can think of. I As a guess, it’s not a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/310 "2011-04-22T04:30:53Z")
> [@IaMoDiNaRy](#): > > Don’t want to offend anyone here. Remember this is my own personal opinion but I’ve always thought that getting a baby’s ears pierced is trashy… and cruel. > > I grew up in Mississippi and only saw this done in the rural areas … the mother’s of these babies were usually wearing tube tops, dirty hair and had about 2 teeth. On two separate occasions someone insisted my daughter wasn’t a girl because her ears were not pierced. She was less than a year old. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/311 "2011-04-22T04:41:23Z")
Just thought of the most recent trashy thing – [Zsa Zsa’s trashy husband wants Zsa Zsa to have a child at age 94.](http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Gabor+husband+wants+year+wife+bear+child/4656668/story.html) Among Zsa Zsa, the husband and the daughter, the trash has been really piling up. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038/312 "2011-04-22T16:37:06Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Probably too common to register … but I saw something while driving yesterday that reminded me of this thread. > > A pickup truck which had fake plastic testicles hanging from its trailer hitch. Plenty of those around here. (Texas, of course–you had to ask?) My wife has a fantasy of going down to the nearest country & western bar with a big pair of shears and castrating all the trucks in the parking lot. I’m not sure how afraid I should be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038.md?page=15)